Privacy Policy
This website is owned and operated by the Mississippi Manufacturers Association. Here at Mississippi Manufacturers Association, we recognize that many visitors to our site are concerned about the information
they provide to us and how we treat that information. So we've developed this
Privacy Policy to address those concerns. This Policy relates only to our online
information collection and use practices. We may update this Policy from time
to time, so please check in occasionally.
Types of Information We Collect
At our site, we collect both personally-identifiable information and aggregate
information. Personally identifiable information relates to an individual consumer
- e.g., name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number,
etc. We only collect personally identifiable information from individuals who
provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly, such as by registering at our site,
or by providing name and address information to enter a promotion. We don't
require you to register or provide this information to us in order to view
our site or have access to much of its content.
Aggregate information relates to such things as how many consumers visit the
site, which pages they access, what they download, the type of web browser
and operating system you use, the name of your Internet Service Provider (e.g.,
America Online), and so on. When you visit our site, we automatically collect
this information and combine it with similar information collected about all
other visitors. By collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor our
website to our visitors.
How Information is Collected
As we noted above, personally identifiable information is collected from you
directly and with your knowledge. Thus, when you register on the site, we collect
the information you provide. When you enter a promotion, we collect the information
needed for you to participate and for us to fulfill our obligations to you.
When you use our Recipe Ratings function, we collect whatever information you
submit. When you e-mail us, we collect the e-mail address you supply, so that
we can respond.
We also collect aggregate, nonpersonal information on an ongoing basis when
you view our website or our interactive advertisements. The collection of this
nonpersonal information is done either through "cookie" technology or with "web
beacons" (also called 'single-pixel gifs'), as explained below.
Cookies
Like many companies, we use "cookie" technology on and off of our website.
Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's
hard drive for purpose of keeping records. They enhance your online experience
by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular site. The
cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information and cannot
profile your system or collect information from your hard drive.
When you view our website or interactive advertisements, we may place a "cookie" on
your computer. Temporary cookies are used for purposes such as counting the
number of visits to our sites. These temporary cookies are eliminated when
you exit your browser. A permanent cookie may also be stored on your computer
by your browser. When you log in, this type of cookie tells us whether you've
visited us before or if you are a new visitor. The cookie doesn't obtain
any personal information about you or provide us with any way to contact
you, and the cookie doesn't extract any information from your computer. We
do use the cookie to help us identify site features in which
you have the greatest interest, so that we can provide more of what you may
want.
The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to
prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser
notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.
Remember, though, that cookies allow you to take full advantage of all of
Mississippi Manufacturers Association's newest website features, and we recommend that you leave them
turned on.
Web Beacons
Web beacons are Internet instrumentation that helps us to determine, for
instance, whether a page has been viewed. When you ask us to send you information
on a promotion or newsletter, we may use web beacons to determine how many
of the e-mails we sent were actually opened. In general, any electronic image
viewed as part of a web page, including a banner ad, can act as a web beacon.
Contests
Our site sometimes includes notices of promotions we are conducting, and we
may permit you to enter electronically in some cases. If that occurs, we will
use the information you provide for the purpose of conducting the promotion
(e.g., to contact you if you're a winner). Within a reasonable time after the
conclusion of the promotion, the personal information will be deleted from
our database, unless you've agreed to permit us to keep it and use it to contact
you again.
Questionnaires and Surveys
We may occasionally ask visitors to complete surveys and opinion polls about
their attitudes and interests. Surveys help us to understand your needs. If
sample answers to surveys are posted on the website site, no personally identifiable
information will be included. If you participate in one of our surveys, you
can be assured that we do not maintain any personal information about you in
our databases as a result of the survey.
How We Use Your Personal Information
If you specifically agreed to follow-up contacts by us or asked to be put
on our mailing list when you registered, we may contact you from time to time.
For example, we may send you marketing or promotion materials; we may respond
to your comments or requests for information; or we may contact you if needed
in the course of processing a product or service you requested through our
website.
We also use personal information about you to improve our marketing and promotional
efforts; to statistically analyze website usage; and to improve our features
and content. We may also use your personal information to deliver content that
is customized to your interests as we best understand them from the information
you've provided to us and your activities on the site.
We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may combine nonpersonal
information collected automatically (through cookies) with your previously
submitted personal information.
Mississippi Manufacturers Association's primary goal in collecting personal information is to give you
a meaningful and customized experience while you are using our websites.
Third Parties Who Provide Support Services
to Mississippi Manufacturers Association
In the course of doing business, we employ other companies and individuals
to perform a variety of functions on our behalf. For example, we hire agencies
to help administer consumer promotions, to analyze data, to fulfill orders
you place, and to provide customer service. These agents may have access to
personal information if it is needed to perform their functions for Mississippi Manufacturers Association;
however, they are prohibited from using it for other purposes and they are
required to maintain the information in confidence.
Data Sharing and Transfer
We do not sell, transfer, or disclose the personally identifiable information
we gather at our websites to third parties without your prior consent. There
are only two exceptions to this rule: (1) We will disclose information in cases
where we believe in good faith that it is necessary to prevent a crime or an
injury to ourselves or third parties; and (2) We disclose information to third
parties who provide support services to us, as described above.
There may be times when we share aggregate information about our visitors
(for example, the percentage of male and female visitors to our site) with
advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties in an effort
to customize or enhance the content and advertising of our site for our users.
We may also aggregate data from web log files (such as your web browser, operating
system, pages visited, etc.) to understand how users navigate the site and
what features are most popular.
Links to Other Sites
Mississippi Manufacturers Association does its best to make sure that every link on our website sends
you and/or your kids to a safe place on the Internet. However, websites and
addresses change quickly, and Mississippi Manufacturers Association cannot guarantee the content of every
site to which we provide a link. In addition, different websites have different
privacy policies. You should always check the privacy policy of the specific
site you're visiting to understand your rights.
Choice and Control
You are ultimately in control of the personally identifiable information you
provide to us on our site. For example, you can always change your preference
for follow-up contacts just by e-mailing the Online Team at the address listed
below or by changing the information in Your Profile section of the site. Or,
if you prefer, you can cancel your registration altogether and we will take
prompt steps to remove your personally identifiable information from our database.
E-mail the Online team at the address listed below if you wish to take this
action.
Important Note to Kids
Before providing your name, address, e-mail address, or any other personal
information to anyone on the Internet, be sure to ask your parents if it's
OK.
Children's Privacy Policy
In these areas of our website, our conduct is governed by federal
law and regulations that address children's online privacy, as well as by the
guidelines of the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU), a part of the
Council of Better Business Bureaus.
We do not directly collect personally identifiable information from kids under
13 in the child-directed areas of our website, except as permitted by federal
regulations and CARU guidelines. We do sometimes offer promotions in these
areas of our website, such as a sweepstakes or contest. In those cases, we
may permit the child to enter by submitting a first name and e-mail address
only, along with the name and e-mail address of his/her parent. We then notify
the parent about the child's entry, and offer the parent an opportunity to
withdraw the entry and remove the submitted information from our database.
If the parent permits the child's participation in the promotion and the child
wins, we contact the parent (not the child) for further personal information
needed for any prize delivery. We do not use the child's personal information
for any purpose other than completion of the promotion, and we do not share
the information with third parties (other than support service companies as
described above), unless we've explicitly said so in the notice to parents.
We delete both the child's and the parent's personal information from our database
within a reasonable time after the conclusion of these promotions, unless the
parent has given permission for us to retain the information in our files.
We also might permit a child to send us an e-mail, or to send an e-mail to
a friend through our site. We will respond to or deliver these e-mails, but
we do not store the names, e-mail addresses, or the e-mails themselves in our
operational database. We do not maintain this information, nor do we share
it with third parties (other than support service companies as described above).
Under federal law, websites directed to children under 13 are prohibited from
conditioning a child's participation in an activity on the child's disclosing
more personal information than is reasonably necessary to engage in the activity.
We comply fully with this requirement.
Upon proper identification, any parent can review any personal information
we have collected from their child, if we are still maintaining the information
in our operational database. They may also request that the information be
deleted from our database, and refuse to permit further collection or use of
their child's information. If you are a parent and wish to exercise these rights,
please contact the Online Team as described below.
How To Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
Mississippi Manufacturers Association
P.O. Box 22607
Jackson, MS 39225-2607
or
E-Mail Us
1.601.948.1222
(8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.)
We'll be happy to answer your questions or hear your concerns.